Economic imperialism

Host Theresa Mitchell speaks with filmmaker Paul Grignon who produced "Money As Debt" and "Money As Debt II," which explores the baffling, fraudulent and destructive arithmetic of the money system that holds us hostage to a forever growing debt and how we might evolve beyond it to a new era. http://www.moneyasdebt.net/

Exploring the money system that holds us hostage to a forever growing debt

Host Theresa Mitchell speaks with filmmaker Paul Grignon who produced "Money As Debt" and "Money As Debt II," which explores the baffling, fraudulent and destructive arithmetic of the money system that holds us hostage to a forever growing debt and how we might evolve beyond it to a new era.

Setting Foreign Policy;The Increasing Influence of Our Professional Military

The Expansion Of Military Influence in determining US policy. Is it a threat to our form of Government?

Well Military insider Jonathan Stevenson thinks so. Contributing writer in the May Issue of Harper’s Magazine and professor at the US Naval War College, he asks the Question. "Has the President lost control of his Generals?". Tune in to A Deeper Look, this Thursday morning at 9:30 am. Get a different and important view on the growing Military influence on Foreign policy.

The more things change... The latest WikiLeaks dump exposes the gulag at Guantanamo Bay.

The prison at Guantanamo Bay is a lingering blight of Bush's -- and now Obama's -- War on Terror. The latest WikiLeaks dump exposes the flimsy evidence on which some people are still being held, and the apparent indifference with which others were released. And once again, the documents confirm that torture is an accepted instrument of U.S. foreign policy. Abe and Joe sift through the leaks and ponder whether the Bill of Rights will ever again be in vogue.

Antonia Juhasz on her new book BLACK TIDE: the Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill.

Host Per Fagereng interviews Antonia Juhasz about her new book BLACK TIDE: the Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill

It is the largest oil disaster in American history, and it could happen again. It is more than a story of ruined beaches, dead wildlife, chemical dispersants, corporate spin, political machinations, and financial fallout. It is a riveting human drama filled with people whose lives will forever be defined as “before” and “after” the Gulf oil disaster.

Vandana Shiva - War on the Earth (interview)

The predatory practices of corporations are increasingly turning our fragile garden into a junkyard. Citizens are told by their political masters and the corporados who pay them that there is no alternative. That’s true if one’s only concern is profits. That approach is fast turning our planet into a toxic waste dump. The landscape of environmental devastation extends from radiation leaks in Japan to drilling in the Alberta tar sands to hydofracking in Pennsylvania and New York to leveling mountains in West Virginia to more drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. However in India, the site of some of the worst corporate abuses, there is tremendous popular resistance.

Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know" Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know" notes that radioactive cesium in fish 35 km from Fukushima reactors is 25x legal limit. Possibility of radiation disheartening to those who live on coast here in Oregon. How is our food being tested for radiation here in US? "Far below levels that pose risk to humans" -- really? Radioactive plumes from Fukushima--Northern Oregon right in the path. Also instability in economy -- even Ben Stein proclaiming that economic collapse is coming. Inflation -- a hidden tax. Gold and silver gaining in value. Workers wages become worth less.